Species-specific transcriptional reprogramming during adventitious root initiation

Abstract

Adventitious roots or shoot-borne roots transdifferentiate from cells close to vascular tissues after cell reprogramming, which is associated with increased transcriptional activity. Recently, Garg et al. provided a genome-wide landscape of transcriptional signatures during the early stages of adventitious root initiation in rice and showed that conserved transcription factors acquire species-specific function.

Keywords: adventitious root; dicotyledons; epigenetic regulation; monocotyledons; transcription factors.